Age of (Non-)Consent to Hugs + Kisses?

(A) First, imagine growing up in a community and culture which is close and tight-knit, and "everybody knows everybody" -- so being warm, friendly, chatty, etc. is not merely normal but, in fact, expected! (B) Second, now imagine being the quintessential "lone wolf" among family and peers -- shy, quiet, introverted, and very disinterested in the customary physical affections, averse to all that huggy-kissy stuff: "No Grandma, no Auntie, I would rather not give you any 'sugar' actually..." Besides the video, I found two more good articles: "Can We Please Stop Treating Children as Affection Machines?" https://medium.com/invisible-illness/can-we-please-stop-treating-children-as-affection-machines-34a5446b58d7 "Children Are Not Property" https://www.forharriet.com/2015/01/children-are-not-property-respecting.html If they cannot (morally or ethically) consent to sexual activity with adults, then I should think the little rascals are equally incapable of consenting to emotional labor too, right? Oh, wait, silly me! Nobody's seeking their consent for the latter, in the first place! No need, when parents and other adults can simply "conscript" them into service as glorified "emotional support animals" instead... :-( (https site) Don't Hug Doug (He Doesn't Like It) [@nonymouse] [Guardster] [Proxify] [Anonymisierungsdienst]